"Adam Funk" wrote in message
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This year we grew dwarf runner beans in a container with enough
success to encourage trying again next year. I know crop rotation is
important with beans, but the container is perfect for the size of
crop and cane arrangement.

So I'm thinking of dumping the dirt out of the bean container into
another one for growing brassicas, and dumping the dirt used for
something else into the bean container. (I'll mix compost in too.)
Is this sensible, or am I missing something?

Also, should I churn the remains of the bean plants back under the
ex-bean, brassica-next dirt (to put some of the stuff that beans suck
out back in), or just pull the bean plants out and put them in the
general compost?


For containers I would normally renew the compost each year - much easier to
do than when working directly in the ground.
You can add nutrients, clean out the containers, and generally avoid any
problems with infections and weeds left over from the previous crop.
Contents of the containers to go into a compost heap, perhaps, for future
use in your containers once roots and stuff have had time to compost down.

Cheers

Dave R
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No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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